What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer III- Backend position at uberfreight?
About the Role
The Uber Freight team is building a better future for shipping. We believe that when shippers and carriers have the freedom to move together, the entire industry moves ahead. Our teams design and build innovative applications, infrastructure, and models to power Uber Freight. Utilizing Uber's foundational elements, these include the mobile app for Carriers, the portals and integrations that give Shipper’s access to the platform, tools for our Operations teams, and all the underlying pricing, matching, and forecasting algorithms that evolve the freight industry forward.
What the Candidate Will Do
- As an engineer on Uber Freight, you will design, develop, and maintain highly scalable backend applications to improve Uber Freight’s Transportation Management Platform.
- Our teams operate our business through amazing product experiences built specifically to deliver value to customers, whether on the supply or demand side of our market.
- You will be partnering with Product Managers, Designers, UXR & Data Scientists to bring Algorithmic solutions to our users.
- At your disposal will be the tools that helped Uber grow to be a worldwide company, as well as new and upcoming tech from our Compute, Platform and Machine Learning teams.
Basic Qualifications
- At least 2-3 years of software engineering experience.
- Strong problem solving and coding skills.
- Experience with one or more of Java, Go, C or C .
- Experience with micro-service architecture and systems design.
- Experience developing highly scalable backend microservices.
Preferred Qualifications
- BS, MS or PhD degree in computer science, related field or equivalent practical experience.
- Knowledge of data structure and algorithms and an ability to use them practically when implementing solutions.
- Experience shipping high-quality product features on schedule.
- Experience handling complex problems at scale.
- Experience with one of the following databases: MySQL, Oracle.
- Demonstrated experience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
- Proven experience with leading projects and mentoring junior engineers.
- Knowledge of the logistics and freight industry is a plus.
- Experience with React is a plus.
About Uber Freight
Uber Freight is a market-leading enterprise technology company powering intelligent logistics. With a suite of end-to-end logistics applications, managed services and an expansive carrier network, Uber Freight advances supply chains and moves the world’s goods. Today, the company manages nearly $20B of freight and one of the largest networks of carriers. It is backed by best-in-class investors and provides services for 1 in 3 Fortune 500 companies, including Del Monte Foods, Nestle, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and more. For more, visit www.uberfreight.com.
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EEOC
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